Conductor support



.May 20, 1930. s. s. MATTHES CONDUCTOR SUPPORT Filed Oct. 25, 1924 www.;

Patented May 20, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SAMUEL S. MATTHES, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE OHIO BRASS COMPANY, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY CONDUCTOR SUPPORT Application led October 25, 1924. Serial No. 745,818.

My invention relates to supports for conductors and has particular reference to that class of support by means of which a trolley conductor is secured to an overhead hanger and in insulated relation thereto.

The object of my invention is to provide a device which has a long leakage path over an insulated surfaceA and which surface is protected from the rain and weather and in which the supporting ear or clamp, which is secured to the device and clamped to the trolley wire, will have unlimited rotation relatively to the support and in which the rotation of the insulated member to which the trolley ear or cla-mp is secured is retarded but not prevented.

Another object of my invention is to permit the device if installed upon a support to be secured to or removed from a conductor clamp or ear without disturbing the connection ot' either the device or the clamp or ear with their respective supports or conductors7 or without disturbing both.

My invention resides in the new and novel construction, combination and relation of the various elements hereinafter more fully described and disclosed in the drawing and set forth in the claims:

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a top view of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a partial sectional view and side elevation of my invention, as shown in Fig. 1, and taken along the sectional line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of Fig. 1 on the line SH3.

Figs. 4 and 5 are plan and edge views respectively of a spring washer which I employ and later describe.

Fig. 6 is a partial sectional view of Figs. 1 and 2 taken on the lines 6-6 of Figs. 1 and 2.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention I employ a body member 1 provided with arms 2 to secure the device to a cross-span wire. Cooperating with the cross-span wire is a groove 3 in which the span wire rests, tending to better hold the supporting device in place upon the span wire. The body member 1 is provided with an inverted cup-shaped recess 4 formed by the inverted cup 5 and provided at its upper end with an opening to receive the adjusting cap 6.

Mounted within the recess 4 is an insulated rotatable member 7 which comprises a member 8 to which is secured a. supporting stud 9 provided with threads 10. The supporting stud 9 is secured within a cup-shaped recess in the member S by means of the overturned lips 11 clamping the supporting member 9 in place with the intervening insulation 12, which may be ot' built-up mica or other suitable insulation. The member 8 is provided at its upper end with a threaded recess to receive a screw or other fastening device 13 for uniting the members 6 and 7 together. The members 6 and 7 are prevented from rotation relative to each other by mea of diametrically oppositely disposed slots 14 in the member 8 and projecting lugs 15 on the cap 6 cooperating with the slots 14. The members 8 and 9 after being properly united through the medium of the bent lips 11 and insulated from each other are provided with an exterior coating 16 of molded composition, thereby giving long exterior leakage path over the surface of the insulator from the stud 9 to the member 8. lnterposed between the cap 6 and the body member 1 is a crimped or corrugated spring washcr 1'? which offers a yielding resistance to the rotation of the insulating member '7 relative to the body member 1. The rotative resistance of the washer 1? may be varied by varying the degree with which the members 6 and 8 are brought together by means of the screw 13.

This sprii'ig washer 17 prevents the free rotation. oit the dating member .7 and the body member 1 an also oiers some yielding action in downward direction of the insulating member relative to the body member 1, and this yielding action can. of course, be materially Varied by varying the type of washer and the size et' same and, in fact, a helical spring may be substituted for the washer 17 which is shown by properly arf ranging the parts 1 and 6 to receive such spring.

The cap member 6 is provided with two or more upstanding lugs 18 which form the slots 19 which may be used as a means for ind rotating the member 7 into engagement with a trolley clamp or ear.

Having the Jtive paris herein described, my device is assembled by inserting the mem` bei' 7 Within the body member 1, then posiioning' the member 1"( in place and then positioning` the member 6, as shown, and these parts are then held in the position described by means of the sci'eiv 13 which, by proper manipulation, may be made to vary the tension between the rotatable member and the body member 1 and hold the parts iii assembled relation with the members 6 and Z interloclied toi' simultaneous rotation relative to the body 1.

In installing` my device in actual use, the device is iirst vapplied to a cross-span' Wire by any suitable means, as such an operation is old with respect to devices similar to my device. Th e trolly ear or clamp, which is alvvays provided vvitli threaded boss, is positioned upon the supporting` stud 9 and iii order to tighten the ear or clamp upon the insulating member 7 tl e ar or cla-mp is held and a Wrench or iai' aniliel to the lugs 18 and which is then i'o ted, and this Wili tend to rotate the member 7 iiito proper engagement With the ear or clamp. The etort required to the iiiembei' 5' i'ela tive to the ear or clamp ,vill usually be very much greater than that required to rotate the insulating member relative to the body member 1, therefore, the tendency Jjor the ear and member Z to rotate relative to each other is remote, any rotatable upon the ear Will rotate the mei'i'iber 7 in unison therewith. li" the ear or clamp cannot be rotator. upon the stud 9 due to its lirst being applied to the trolley Wire, then the stud El may be brought into cooperative relation with the boss oii the ear and the ii'ien'iber i' rotated by application ot a proper tool to the cap member 6.

lt will be readily understood that l have produced a hanger in which the surface iiisiilatioii bet-Ween the trolley and ground ias been made maximum, depending upon the size of the device and the surface has been protected by the cup-shaped member 5. Also, tl the iiisuiating member is rotatable relative to the body member and can therefore, be applied to or removed trom a trolley car which cannot be rotated in order to assemble or disassemble the device and ear. It will be apparent that after the device has been tuliy installed that any tendency for the device to rotate relative to the trolley Wire ivill be permitted Without the tendency for the ear to loosen trom its support, as the` member 7 is comparatively to rotate relative to the body 1. It Will also be apparent that the tension between 'the body member 1 and the rotating member 7 may be varied or adjusted, and that the spring Washer 17 offers a vertical yielding action ot the insulated member relative to the body member and although this is slight, as shown in the specific construction, still it is sutiicient to relieve the parts ot undue shock under some circumstance There are modifications Vwhich Will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, but 1 do not .visli to be limited otherwise than by my claims.

claim:

i. A. supporting device comprising a supporting` member, a suspension member coinprising` tivo insulated parts secured thereto in rotatable relation and detachable means interloclied Wish the suspension member against relative rotation and supported by the supporting member and rotatable, detachable means to secure the first said means and the suspension member together and adjust the iii-st said detachable means along the longitudinal az-is or the suspension member.

2. e conductor support comprising supporting member, a. tivo-puit suspending meniber havin its parts insulated from each other and having; uniiiiiited rotation relative to the supportingl member, me s intei'loclted with one member against relaJ ."e rotation and secured to the other member and other means to secure the said means and the suspending' member together.

3. A supporting device comprising a supporting member having` an inverted-cupshaped portion and arms to engage a supponiiig' structure, a tivo-part suspending' member having the tivo part in vlated from each other and permanently iiitei'loclred separation and one part insulated trom the supporting member, the suspending,l member mounted Within the cupeshaaed portion and having its side Walls spaced therefrom to torni an air space, a plurality ot means to secure the supporting and suspeiidiiig` mem- 'ers together in rotatable relation and one ot' said means detachably securng another ot said means and the suspending member to- 2get-her.

e. A supporting device con'iprising` a subporting member having an inverted-cupshaped portion and arms to engage a. supporting,` structure, a tivo-part suspending' member having` its Vparts insulated ant permanently interloclred against separation, the suspending member mounted within the cup-shaped portion with its side Walls spaced therefrom to 'form an air space, a plurality ot meansto secure the suspendingc),` member and the supporting member together in rotatable relation, a yielding member interposed between one oi the said means and the supporting,` member and one ot said means arranged to adjust the tension ottheyielding member relativeto the engaged parts.

5. A conductor support comprising aA supporting' member having' an inverted cupshaped Wall, a two part suspension member having one part insulated from and both parts having unlimited rotation relative to the supporting member, a pair of detachable members to secure the suspending member f to the supporting member, one of said detachable members interlocked with said suspension member to rotate with the suspension member, the other detachable member holding the iirst said detachable member and the suspending member together and the side walls of the supporting and the suspending members forming a space therebetween.

6. A conductor support comprising a supporting member, a two part suspending memf: ber having one part insulated from and both parts having unlimited rotation relative to the supporting member, means to yieldingly resist the relative rotation of the members, a pair of detachable members to secure the said f relatively rotatable members together, one

detachable member interloclred with the suspension member to rotate simultaneously therewith and the other detachable member holding the said elements in said relative rei. lation.

member, a two part suspension member having one part insulated ilrom and both parte rotatable relative to the body member, means supported by the body member and interlocked with and rotatable with the suspension member and means detachably securing the irst said means and the suspension inember together.

9. A supporting device comprising' a body member, a two part suspension member having one part insulated from and both parts rotatable relative to the body member, means interlocked with the suspension member and rotatable therewith and engaging with the body in relative rotation thereto, means to hold the iirst said means and the suspension member together and means to rotate the first said means at will.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

SAMUEL S. MATTHES. 

